It's that time of year again, and I've got the travel bug! The adventures will begin with the whole family in Vietnam and Cambodia. After my dad flies home, my ma, sister, and I will explore the beaches of Thailand. Then, my sister and I are let loose to roam Southeast Asia heading towards Nepal and northern India. Mid April I fly to Zambia to volunteer for a month at Appeased School before starting work in San Francisco. Ready or not, HERE I COME!

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Have you seen Sydney?? Nooo the place, not the person!

Well… It was cool. Naw, it was actually better than cool
(just not as good as Melbourne though ; ) ) It was good to see the Harbor
Bridge and the Opera House. The Harbor Bridge was a beautifully done and the
Opera house was very neat to see even though it’s actually egg-shell colored,
not white! You can tell it was built in the 70’s or 80’s.

We walked from Coogee to Bondi Beach during an art festival.
Every turn we took a new modern piece of artwork was staring us in the eye. My
favorite was of a guy in a wet suit with a grocery bag over his head. There
were a couple empty bottles and some flowers behind him. When some the guys
hanging out behind it would say.. ok now. The statue (really a guy dressed up)
would jump out and yell. It scared so many people, and was great entertainment!
Boys will always be boys and every opportunity they get to fool someone, they
will take advantage of it! Bondi was cool, but very very crowded.

We were finally able to eat some Mexican food! We were only
there for three nights and had burritos twice! Since we’ve been in Australia
it’s been a struggle to even find salsa in the grocery store. Sydney was
booming with burrito joints so of course we had to get our fix. Other than
that, we had the classic fish and chips, Thai food, and a lot of gelato! Gelato
is very popular in Sydney!

We stayed with a friend of Cole’s. He grew up in Huntington
Beach where he did junior life guards. This is where Devyn comes into play.
They were both junior life guards together and have been friends ever since.
She is now studying abroad in Sydney. Devyn and her friend from Colorado,
Justine, showed us the city. They were both very nice and generous. So all in
all, there was Cole, Kevin, Logan, Devyn, Justine, and myself. That is 3 guys
and 3 guys which is the perfect number from Friends. We fit each character with
each person. I can’t decide whether I’m happy or bummed about it, but I was immediately
dubbed as Phoebe.

(Our friend Kate joined us on this one. From the left it goes Kate, Justine, Myself, Kevin, Cole, Logan, and Devyn)

Our home is Melbourne and we have now visited Brisbane and Sydney.
Melbourne is all the hipsters, Brisbane is once again, the 90’s grunge rock,
and Sydney is the fancy schmancy center of Australia. Everyone is dressed really
nice and walks around with a stick up their ass. OK, it’s not THAT bad, but
they aren’t as friendly as the other two cities. Let’s just say, Sydney was
awesome to visit, but I’m glad I live in Melbourne. If it were between Brisbane
and Sydney, I’d still probably choose Melbourne. Haha but really I think Brisy
is better than Sydney too. I must take it into consideration that I never got
to explore the Blue Mountains, which I heard were beautiful, but the city
itself just didn’t amuse me. All you can say is, different stokes for different
folks!